A crash course on the summer semester
A crash course on the summer semester Ellie Soh / Staff Illustrator
This year, Columbia’s summer semester will look different from past years. Due to the pandemic, the University decided to shift the academic calendar so that students could make use of up to three semesters.
With robust offerings of summer A and summer B classes, the schedule is specifically designed to allow students to take courses while still giving them time to complete an internship or other summer activities. However, it is important to keep in mind that since most summer courses are intensive, they will take place over the course of six weeks. You can check out Spectrum’s article on intensive courses if you’re considering taking one.
What Zoom Does to Campus Conflicts Over Israel and Free Speech
As battles over Israel and the Palestinian territories have migrated online, technology has scrambled the debate.
Clashes erupted in 2018 at a student celebration of Israel in Washington Square Park in Manhattan.Credit.Mack DeGeurin
Published Jan. 22, 2021Updated Feb. 10, 2021
Leila Khaled is a two-time hijacker, a member of a Palestinian group on the State Department’s list of terrorist organizations. So it came as a shock to Javier Cohen, a senior at New York University, to find her speaking on an N.Y.U. webinar last semester.
In the video, Ms. Khaled calls Israel an “apartheid state” practicing terrorism against Palestinians and vows to pursue “all means of struggle, including armed struggle” against it.